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Ustun, Ulas – International Journal of Science Education, 2023
This study examines the direct and indirect relationships between key motivational constructs and science achievement using TIMSS 2019 data sets for Japan, Norway, and the United States. The sample of the study includes 4,446 and 8,698 eighth graders in Japan and the United States, with 4,575 ninth graders in Norway. The structural equation model…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Prediction, Science Achievement, Cultural Differences
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Ablard, Karen E. – Roeper Review, 1997
A study of 174 academically talented eighth-grade students found they had significantly higher academic self-concepts than their peers but similar social self-concepts. Results found that talented females had stronger needs for achievement, dominance, and endurance than typical females, and high verbal students had less interest in relationships…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academically Gifted, Grade 8, Interpersonal Competence